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The Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2011

.....or the Nagar Panchayat, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council or the Nagar Panchayat; (47) "Factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (48) "Filth" means (a) night soil or other contents of latrines, cesspools and drains; (b) dirt, dung, refuse, useless or offensive materials thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture, industry or trade; and (c) putrid or putrifying substance, (49) "Finance Commission" means the State Finance Commission constituted under Article 243-I of the Constitution of India and referred to in section 97 of this Act; (50) "Food" includes every article used for food or drink by man, other than drugs or water, and any article which ordinarily enters into, or is used in the composition or preparation of, human food, and also includes confectionery, flavouring and colouring matters, spices and condiments; (51) "Footpath" means a pavement, for use by pedestrians; (52) "Goods" include animals; (53) "Government" means the State Government of Jharkhand; (54) "Holding" means land held under one title or agreement and surrounded by one set of boundaries: Provided that, where two or more adjoining holdings held by the same.....

Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011, (Central) Section 7

Title: Amendment of Section 9

State: Central

Year: 2011

In section 9 of the principal Act,- (a) after sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely: - '(1A) Where the donor or the recepient being near relative is a foreign national, prior approval of the Authorisation Committee shall be required before removing or transplanting human organ or tissue or both: Provided that the Authorisation Committee shall not approve such removal or transplantation if the recipient is a foreign national and the donor is an Indian national unless they are near relatives. (1B) No human organs or tissues or both shall be removed from the body of a minor before his death for the purpose of transplanation except in the manner as may be prescribed. (1C) No human organs or tissues or both shall be removed from the body of a mentally challenged person before his death for the purpose of transplantation. Explanation.-For the purpose of this sub-section,- (i) the expression "mentally challenged person" includes a person with mental illness or mental retardation, as the case may be; (ii) the expression "mental illness" includes dementia, schizophrenia and such other mental condition that makes a person intellectually.....

Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011, (Central) Section 6

Title: Amendment of Section 3

State: Central

Year: 2011

In section 3 of the principal Act,- (a) after sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely: "(1A) For the purpose of removal, storage or transplantation of such human organs or tissues or both, as may be prescribed, it shall be the duty of the registered medical practitioner working in a hospital, in consultation with transplant co-ordinator, if such transplant co-ordinator is available,- (i) to ascertain from the person admitted to the Intensive Care Unit or from his near relative that such person had authorised at any time before his death the removal of any human organ or tissue or both of his body under sub-section (2), then the hospital shall proceed to obtain the documentation for such authorisation in such manner as may be prescribed; (ii) where no such authority as referred to in sub-section (2) was made by such person, to make aware in such manner as may be prescribed to that person or near relative for option to authorise or decline for donation of human organs or tissues or both; (iii) to require the hospital to inform in writing to the Human Organ Retrieval Centre for removal, storage or transplantation of human organs or tissues or.....

Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011, (Central) Section 5

Title: Amendment of Section 2

State: Central

Year: 2011

.....facilities for treating seriously ill patients who can be potential donors of organs in the event of death; and (ii) which is registered under sub-section (1) of section 14 for retrieval of human organs; (hb) "minor" means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years;'; (b) for clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- '(i) "near relative" means spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandson or granddaughter;'; (c) in clause (o), the word "and" shall be omitted; (d) after clause (o), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- '(oa) "tissue" means a group of cells, except blood, performing a particular function in the human body; (ob) "Tissue Bank" means a facility registered under section 14A for carrying out any activity relating to the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage and distribution of tissues, but does not include a Blood Bank;'; (e) after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- '(q) "transplant co-ordinator" means a person appointed by the hospital for coordinating all matters relating to removal or transplantation of human organs or.....

Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011, (Central) Section 17

Title: Amendment of Section 19

State: Central

Year: 2011

In section 19 of the principal Act,- (a) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(g) abets in the preparation or submission of false documents including giving false affidavits to establish that the donor is making the donation of the human organs, as a near relative or by reason of affection or attachment towards the recipient."; (b) for the words "two years but which may extend to seven years and shall be liable to fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but may extend to twenty thousand rupees", the words "five years but which may extend to ten years and shall be liable to fine which shall not be less than twenty lakh rupees but may extend to one crore rupees" shall be substituted; (c) the proviso shall be omitted.

Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011, (Central) Section 18

Title: Insertion of New Section 19a

State: Central

Year: 2011

After section 19 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "19A. Punishment for illegal dealings in human tissues.- Whoever- (a) makes or receives any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human tissue; or (b) seeks to find person willing to supply for payment and human tissue; or (c) offers to supply any human tissue for payment; or (d) initiates or negotiates any arrangement involving the making of any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human tissue; or (e) takes part in the management or control of a body of persons, whether a society, firm or company, whose activities consist of or include the initiation or negotiation of any arrangement referred to in clause (d); or (f) publishes or distributes or causes to be published or distributed any advertisement- (i) inviting persons to supply for payment of any human tissue; or (ii) offering to supply any human tissue for payment; or (iii) indicating that the advertiser is willing to initiate or negotiate any arrangement referred to in clause (d); or (g) abets in the preparation or submission of false documents including giving false.....